Blue Skies, Blue Mountains, and Blue Bottles up my Bum!

Since the last blog, the weather has been spectacular!!!! We been beach bumming and burning, but enjoying the ridiculously awesome weather. On Friday, we went to the Harbour and enjoyed a nice day downtown. We walked across the bridge to North Sydney, and then hiked back. Photos from Walking Across the Bridge click here

On Saturday we headed west 60kms to the Blue Mountains and enjoyed the nice views. The first stop we went to was Tourist Central, but we found another location to view the "Three Sisters" that had only one other person. Surprise surprise, she was from Chicago, so we ended up talking to her about the Blackhawks for 5 minutes. Everyone is loving Toews and Kane!
The Three Sisters

After the Three Sisters stop, we headed to Wentworth Falls, and enjoyed some more breathtaking views. It was so nice, JP and I hiked the 1 hour down to the bottom of the falls where we saw many other crazy tourists. The walk was unbelievable with steps carved right out of the rock cliffs. One of the most memorable things I've done in Australia. At the bottom you could go swimming in ponds. Photos from Blue Mountains click here

Wentworth Falls

On Saturday night, I headed downtown by myself to take in the Late Night Sydney scene. Of course, it was just as spectacular during the day. It was a little disappointing as most stuff was fenced off in preparation for new years eve. I got to see some crazy bandicoot like creatures. Photos from Sydney at Night click here

Today, we headed down to a new beach, Coogee Beach. As per usual, I was the first in the water. Another great day, good surf, lots of people ...... then ..... I notice a rather high amount of jellyfish (Blue Bottles) in the water. I start swimming away but 30 seconds later .... STING .... IT GOT ME RIGHT IN THE BUTTOCKS!!!!!. I thought I might have just been imagining it, and tried to walk it off, but it started going numb. I went to first aid, where I saw about 4 or 5 others suffering the same issue (lucky for them it was just their feet .... not arse). After that, the lifeguards starting announcing the jellyfish issue, but heaps of people were still swimming. We then headed to Bondi Beach where there were no jellyfish. 12 hours later, sitting down and it still stings a bit. Probably the same feeling you'd have if you got a vaccination in the butt!

Tomorrow is the big day. We are likely going to go to the North to view the fireworks with the city in the background.... We'll see if the transportation works.....